Research Track Instructions

Please Note: The submission deadline has passed, papers are no longer being accepted

The following provides general instructions for authors who will be submitting academic papers and/or proposals that will be included in the ACM Proceedings, unless otherwise noted.

All proposals must be submitted online by 11:59 PM Pago Pago Time, SST on October 14, 2014. Due to the international nature of LAK, we will be utilizing American Samoa, Pago Pago Time, to globally standardize the deadline. Click here to find the time in your local time zone. Please check this page regularly for additional updates and details or follow the conference @lak15marist to get real-time updates. Any questions, please contact lak15@marist.edu.

All documents must follow the ACM Proceedings Format. Please check the conference website for detailed author instructions for each type of submission. Submissions will be received and processed with EasyChair. The conference proceedings will include all accepted conference submissions except tutorial proposals, workshop papers and practitioner presentations (see note below).

The three full papers that obtain the highest scores from the reviewers will be "nominees for the best paper award". A committee composed by the program chairs of the current and past edition of the conference will choose the "best paper award" among the nominees. Both the nominees and the best paper award will be reflected in the proceedings.

LAK 2015 is seeking contributions in a wide variety of topics. We invite papers related to research, theory and practice – focusing on the growth of the field and community and the continuous improvement of learning from the usage and implementation of important data and analytical tools.

The following keywords will be used to classify submissions, and convey the breadth of topics covered.

These topics can be studied in a variety of learning scenarios whether: formal or informal; face-to-face, blended, or online settings. Proposals are welcome from any various application domains be it primary and secondary schools, higher education, corporate workplace or learning in governmental, military, health or commercial situations. Focus may be on distance or graduate education, mobile and ubiquitous learning, online communities, to name a few.

Use a short paper to share preliminary conceptual, technical and empirical contributions, or substantial contributions that can be reported briefly. Short papers can also share a design concept or tool that addresses a challenge of interest to interface designers, system architects and programmers.

Panels provide the chance for delegates to hear a range of speakers address a topical issue, e.g. diverse approaches to a problem, or a debate a hot topic. Submit up to 4 pages in the conference paper format suitable for publication in the proceedings, including an introduction to the nature and importance of the issue to be addressed and panelists' position statements. Submit 2 additional pages (not to be published in the proceedings) with the names and qualifications of confirmed panelists and discussants and a summary of how your panel format will ensure that there is interaction between panelists rather than consisting of a collection of disconnected talks.

Workshops (16-17 March, 2015) provide the opportunity to explore learning theory, analytics, methods and tools in depth. Workshops should be designed to take advantage of the interactivity afforded by this format, and should not consist merely of a day of talks. They may include for example, experience sharing and brainstorming, interactive demonstrations, data analysis by multiple analysts, problem solving sessions, and a few short and/or enlightening presentations. The length of the workshop sessions can range from a half to a full day (consisting of two to four 1.5 hour blocks between breaks). Please outline the significance of the topic, the workshop format, and your track record.

Tutorials (also 16-17 March, 2015) provide the chance to take participants deep into a specific tool or technique in which you are experienced, or an introduction to a topic/class of tools. The time could range from a 1.5 hour session to a full day (consisting of two to four 1.5 hour blocks between breaks).

Use a tool demonstration to describe a software you want to demonstrate, and the expected interactions with conference participants. Demonstrators should be prepared to interact with several conference participants at a time in an interactive and not excessively scripted manner.